Godard – The Child of Marx & Coca-Cola
On Godard’s Masculin/Féminin (Now? The SI?) For many still overawed by the pronouncements of the Situationist International the names of
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Film Theory
Most read Datacide articles in 2012
As we did a year ago we look at which articles were the most read ones of the past year
Read More“Saila” film review
The feature length film “Saila” by Julia Ostertag situates in the industrial ruins of East Berlin a visceral enactment of
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‘If you ask for my life, I will stab you in the heart’ 1. Four black and white camera angles
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Peter Whitehead and the Sixties
Peter Whitehead, a filmmaker and enigmatic figure, captured key moments of the 1960s counterculture with his documentaries “Wholly Communion” and “Benefit of the Doubt.” Despite lacking formal filmmaking skills, Whitehead documented major cultural events like Allen Ginsberg’s poetry readings and Pink Floyd performances. His spontaneous, raw filming style, immortalized these moments in British countercultural history, especially *Wholly Communion*. Review of the BFI’s DVD release by Stewart Home in Datacide 10 (2008).
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Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut [Warner Brothers] “That’s what you say now, so at this moment you may even believe
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The Western
The text offers a vivid commentary on the transformation of landscapes and their symbolic connections to human aspirations and social struggles. It juxtaposes orderly agricultural fields, symbolizing efficiency and ownership, with untamed forests and lawless frontier towns, representing unpredictability and societal conflicts. Through the lens of Anthony Mann’s westerns, it explores themes of law, identity, community, and the struggle for power, questioning the balance between imposed order and innate chaos.
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‘Sexpol’ in Reich and Makavejev On the night NATO blew up the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavian (Serb) director Dusan
Read More“LONG LIVE DEATH”
Editor’s note: This is the original version as published in Datacide 6. We recommend you read the version slightly revised
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